{"id":18394,"date":"2019-12-13T11:46:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T16:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/?p=18394"},"modified":"2024-02-22T09:18:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T14:18:53","slug":"safely-test-cache-configuration-settings-using-preview-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/w3-total-cache\/safely-test-cache-configuration-settings-using-preview-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Safely Test Cache Configuration Settings Using Preview Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><p>W3 Total Cache features advanced configurations for caching and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/w3-total-cache\/\">optimizing your website<\/a>. Some of the configurations can reliably be used automatically, like Disk Page Caching. Other options, however, can potentially disrupt the functionality of your Plugins and Theme. In particular, <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/W3EDGE\/w3-total-cache\/wiki\/FAQ:-Minification\">Minification settings<\/a> can take a great deal of trial-and-error to make sure that everything is working correctly. Use these instructions to safely test new configurations before deploying them to your visitors.<\/p>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\" style=\"margin-top: 60px;\">\n<div class=\"container w3tc-radius\" style=\"border-width: 0px; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/upsell-darker-alt.png'); background-size: cover; background-position: 50% 5%;\" data-image-url=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/upsell-darker-alt.png\">\n<div class=\"row upsell-column\" style=\"padding-top: 2em; padding-bottom: 2em; color: #ffffff;\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-1 col-md-1 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 hidden-sm\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-5 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-7\">\n<p class=\"h3\" style=\"color: #ffffff; line-height: 30px; margin-top: 0;\"><strong>Speed Up Your WordPress Website.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #ffffff;\" class=\"h4\">A Difference of Just 100ms in Page Load Speeds Can Cause a Visitor to Prefer Your Competitor&rsquo;s Website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-5 col-sm-5 col-xs-12 text-center align-column-center\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"border-width: 0px;\"><a class=\"button-w3tc-white\" style=\"border: 2px solid #30BEC4; font-size: 18px; padding: 15px 30px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/w3-total-cache\/#pricing\">View Plans<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"enable-preview-mode-and-make-changes\">Enable Preview Mode and Make Changes<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Navigate to the&nbsp;<strong>Performance -&gt; General Settings<\/strong> menu of your WordPress Dashboard.<\/li>\n<li>In the&nbsp;<strong>General<\/strong> section, click <strong>&ldquo;Enable&rdquo; Preview Mode.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Your current settings will be saved when you enable Preview mode.<\/li>\n<li>Make any configuration changes you wish to test.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate back to&nbsp;<strong>Performance -&gt; General Settings<\/strong> and look for the&nbsp;<strong>Preview<\/strong> button in the General section.<\/li>\n<li>Now, you&rsquo;ll see what your website will look like with the new settings in effect.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 id=\"revert-to-saved-configuration\">Revert to Saved Configuration<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>If your website isn&rsquo;t working correctly with the new configuration, navigate to&nbsp;<strong>Performance -&gt; General Settings<\/strong> and click&nbsp;<strong>Disable.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Your website will revert to the cache configuration you saved when you enabled Preview mode.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 id=\"deploy-new-changes\">Deploy New Changes<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>If your website is performing better with the new configuration, click&nbsp;<strong>Deploy.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Your new configuration will be saved, and Preview mode will now be disabled again.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 id=\"repeat-as-needed\">Repeat as Needed<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>It&rsquo;s highly recommended that you only make one change at a time, so that you can be sure which change may have caused your website to malfunction.<\/li>\n<li>Repeat this process for each change you make, and your site&rsquo;s visitors will never see an untested cache configuration.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Congratulations! Now you know how to safely test new cache configurations with Preview Mode in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/w3-total-cache\/\">W3 Total Cache.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>W3 Total Cache features advanced configurations for caching and optimizing your website. Some of the configurations can reliably be used automatically, like Disk Page Caching. Other options, however, can potentially disrupt the functionality of your Plugins and Theme. 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